War had a way of making carpe diem seem valid no matter what you wanted to seize... — Steve Perry

“How interesting,” Kay said. “The human capacity for denial sometimes seems to be quite large.”

“Ain’t that the truth.”

He had thought about it. Mostly, after the fantasies, he had let it go. It was done, history. No point in bumping into the furniture while looking back over your shoulder.

What they don’t know won’t hurt us...